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first phase affected the close vowels /iː uː/ and the close-mid vowels /eː oː/: /eː oː/ were raised to /iː uː/, and /iː uː/ became the diphthongs /ei ou/...

eː~eɪ̯~ɪə̯ ɛː~e̞ː ɛɪ~e̞ɪ ɛː~e̞ː ɛɪ~e̞ɪ ɛː~e̞ː e̞ɪ̯ eː eː~ɪː, eə̯~ɪə̯ eː eː~eɪ̯~ɛɪ̯ ɛɪ̯ æe̯~ɐe̯ ɐe̯ eɪ̯~eː e eɪ̯~eː eɪ̯ eɪ̯~ɛɪ̯~æɪ̯ æɪ̯~äɪ̯~ʌɪ̯ e eː ei̯...

use of ee /eː/ where Wood Frisian and most other West Frisian dialects use ei or ij /ai/. This sound change from /ai/ and sometimes /ɪ/ to /eː/ brings us...

consonants. Velar stops palatalize to postalveolar affricates before /j/ /eː/ /ɛ/ /iː/ /ɪ/ and /ɛi/ /v/ becomes [f] before voiceless consonants /sk/ becomes...

realization of [e]. Sibawayh primarily discusses imāla as a shift of /aː/ to /eː/ in the vicinity of /i/ or /iː/, an allophonic variation that can be characterized...

English. The changes to the front vowels may be summarized as follows: aː → eː → iː → aɪ A drag chain or pull chain is a chain shift in which the phoneme...

in-place. Later, the new /ɛː, eː/ are shifted again to /eː, iː/ in Early Modern English, causing merger of former /eː/ with /iː/; but the two are still...

Descriptions of the Mitsune dialect differ as to whether speakers distinguish /eː/ and /oː/ from /ei/ and /ou/. Kaneda (2001) states that they are distinct...

as allophones of /ɛ/ and /eː/ before the flaps /r/ and /ɽ/. However, there are also words in which /eː/ is realized as [eː], despite the following flap...

and especially /eː/ are more open than the phonetically close-mid /oː/ ([oː], often diphthongized to [oɔː ~ oəː]). Both /øː/ and /eː/ are more open than...

⟨ey⟩ respectively). In East Norse these would monophthongize and merge with /eː/ and /øː/, whereas in West Norse and its descendants the diphthongs remained...

as the main allophones of /eː, øː, oː/ (that is, [eː, øː, oː]). An exception to the centralizing rule are syllable-final /eː, øː, oː/ in compounds such...

absent from most English dialects. The Australian English vowels /ɪ/, /e/, /eː/ and /oː/ are noticeably closer (pronounced with a higher tongue position)...

contemporary Standard Danish. /j/ is elided after /iː, yː/, and possibly also after /eː, øː/, and less commonly after /ɛː, aː/. Similarly, /v/ is elided after /uː/...

Phonemic ɑ ɑː b d eː f i iː k l m n ŋ o oː s t u uː w j Lowercase a aa b, p d e f i ii k l m n ng o oo s t u uu w y Uppercase A Aa B D E F I Ii K L M N...

[ʏ]. /ʊ/ is near-close near-back rounded [ʊ]. Mid vowels /eː/ is close-mid front unrounded [eː]. In non-standard accents of the Low German speaking area...

into [eː] and [oː] elsewhere, although the majority of Lebanese Arabic dialects realize them as [oʊ] and [eɪ]. In urban dialects (i.e. Beiruti) [eː] has...

native consonant phonemes and 8 vowel phonemes: /a, u, i, aː, uː, oː, iː, eː/. Consonant length and vowel length are both distinctive in Hejazi. Strictly...

had two diphthongs, /aj/ and /aw/, which are realised as the long vowels /eː/ and /oː/ in numerous Arabic dialects. This monophthongization has further...

i after a vowel was also used to denote vowel length, e.g. ai /aː/, ei /eː/ oi /oː/ and ui /øː/. u, v and w were often interchanged. After -ch and -th...